1.2 GB/S Satelite Launched in Japan

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http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/23/japan.satellite/index.html

Quoted:
(CNN) -- Japan launched a rocket Saturday carrying a satellite that will test new technology that promises to deliver "super high-speed Internet" service to homes and businesses around the world.

The rocket carrying the WINDS satellite -- a joint project of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries -- lifted off its pad at 5:55 p.m. (0855 GMT).

If the technology proves successful, subscribers with small dishes will connect to the Internet at speeds many times faster than what is now available over residential cable or DSL services.

The Associated Press said the satellite would offer speeds of up to 1.2 gigabytes per second.

The service initially would focus on the Asia-Pacific region close to Japan, a JAXA news release said.

"Among other uses, this will make possible great advances in telemedicine, which will bring high-quality medical treatment to remote areas, and in distance education, connecting students and teachers separated by great distances," JAXA said.

The rocket was launched from Japan's Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center.

I hope this works!

 

[Monkeybits]

I still like my hard to intercept fiber optic connection, but I imagine this is the future. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Barlim]

Hm, my parents have been using satellite internet at their house for years now, and the big problem with it is that there is a roughly 1+ second signal delay to all traffic. I always just assumed that this was due to the rather lengthy distance that the signal had to travel: up into probably high orbit, back down to a receiving station, to the ISP, then back again... or something along those lines. If this is indeed correct, wouldn't this new satellite have a similar problem?

 

[bLackout {RD}]

I hope this is successful!

 

[VoiDeD]

[quote1203917752=Barlim]
Hm, my parents have been using satellite internet at their house for years now, and the big problem with it is that there is a roughly 1+ second signal delay to all traffic. I always just assumed that this was due to the rather lengthy distance that the signal had to travel: up into probably high orbit, back down to a receiving station, to the ISP, then back again... or something along those lines. If this is indeed correct, wouldn't this new satellite have a similar problem?
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That's exactly the problem with any sort of satellite internet.
There's two major components of every connection which impact communications: Bandwidth, and latency.

Bandwidth is simply how much data can be passed through at a specific rate, and latency is how long it takes said data to go from point A to point B.

While this sort of satellite internet gives you absolutely huge bandwidth, the latency will be extremely high.
This is the sort of internet you'd be using just to download things, and definitely not use for gaming.

 

[GTghost]

In the future everyone should get super high speed internet for free. That would be the coolest. Downloading a program that is 5GB in 30min would be SICK!!

 

[Barlim]

Yeah, the standard satellite internet today seems to have decent bandwidth, but nothing special. I could never play games on it while living at home, though, because the latency would be at least 1,000ms. Actually, I did play some WoW on this for a while... but that was a bit more forgiving than an FPS. Sadly, it seems that most or all satellite 'net companies put a cap on how much you can download in a given time period, which I've found out the hard way on more than one occasion.

 

[sykocus]

I hope it works probably 10x more then anybody else. Here on Guam I pay $100/mo for 3.2mbit and my pings are still horrible.

 

[OfficerFriendly]

I buy that it will prob be 1.2 gb/s download but what about upload... that I don't think will be any different.

 

[Redspring]

Now if they would think of something to pump 1.2 gb/s through a fiber optic connection